SlyRuby,

The files are not in mp3 format for the standard version.

They are in .wma Windows Audio compressed format.

They sound great, whether played back standalone or played back within BiaB.

A lot of people don't seem to realize nor understand that a file that contains a single instrument track, while compressed, may not even contain the full 20Hz to 20KHz audio spectrum in the first place. For example, horns in the single instrument category can sound pretty much the same whether using full PCM digital audio .wav fomat or the compressed .wma.

If the information is not even there in the first place, there is no need to store it in the full audio spectrum.

And, since these are "one instrument at a time" files, the compressed format does not suffer from the kind of digital artifact distortions that compressing a file that has the complete performance of several or more instruments to contend with all at once.

Of course, if you just truly WANT the Audiophile edition, I don't have a problem with that. There's whiskey and then there's top-shelf whiskey as it were. Just be advised that the Law of Diminishing Returns kicks in just as hard in this instance as it does with any other audio reproduction instance. Sure it has better sound spec, but we have to weigh for ourselves whether or not that certain percentage of added mo' betta is worth the expenditure to us.

Just thought you should know,


--Mac

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